Each year, 1 in 4 adolescents reports verbal, physical, emotional, or sexual abuse. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Choose Respect Campaign is an initiative to help adolescents form healthy relationships to prevent dating abuse before it starts. This initiative stresses the importance of respect as a foundation for building healthy relationships.
This 15âx19â Spanish-language poster shows a situation where a teen could choose abuse or choose respect:
- If he stares at another girl, Iâm giving him the silent treatment.
- If he stares at another girl, Iâm telling him how I feel.
Display this brightly colored, poster throughout schools, community centers, hospitals, and faith-based organizations to encourage teens and adults to openly discuss respect as a choice, and to make sound relationship decisions. A smaller version 11"x14" and English versions of this poster are also available.
For more information on this campaign, games, quizzes, downloads, and links, go to the Choose Respect website.
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